Can I use your services to recommend a Conveyancing solicitor in West Croydon even if I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example where I intend to buy an office in West Croydon with a loan from Nationwide Building Society?
Our search tool is mainly utilised to help choose residential conveyancing solicitors in West Croydon but we have listed at the bottom of this page a few West Croydon commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to enquire with the company directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Nationwide Building Society
My Conveyancer in West Croydon is not listed on the Santander Solicitor Panel. Can I still retain my prefered solicitor even though they are excluded from the Santander panel?
The limited options available to you here include:
- Carry on with your preferred West Croydon lawyers but Santander will need to instruct a solicitor on their panel. This will result in additional overall conveyancing fees and cause delays.
- Choose a new lawyer to to deal with the conveyancing, remembering to check they are Santander approved.
- Persuade your Santander solicitor to seek to join the Santander panel
Various web forums that I have frequented warn that are a common reason for delay in West Croydon house deals. Is that correct?
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the most frequent causes of hindrances in the conveyancing process. Searches are unlikely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in West Croydon.
4 months have elapsed since my purchase conveyancing in West Croydon concluded. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £175,000 when infact I paid £180,000. Why the discrepancy?
The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.
I'm converting the mortgage on my current home to a BTL loan with Skipton Building Society and I will use the rest of the raised equity towards a second property. The neighborhood we are talking about is West Croydon. Will your conveyancers be able to act for the two lenders and link together the transactions?
Do use our search tool on this site to check that the solicitors are on the relevant lender panels. Having checked that they are the solicitor should be able to simultaneously deal with the two transactions but you should talk with you lawyer and specify your desired outcome and needs.
Am I better off to instruct a West Croydon conveyancing practitioner based in the location that I am hoping to buy? An old friend can execute the legal work however they are based 300miles away.
The benefit of a local West Croydon conveyancing practice is that you can drop in to sign paperwork, hand in your identification documents and pester them where appropriate. Having local West Croydon know how is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will pull out all the stops for you. If other friends have instructed your friend and the majority were impressed that must outweigh using an unknown West Croydon conveyancing solicitor solely due to them being based in the area.